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Can Actions Be Considered Remuneration Under the Anti-Kickback Statute?
When discussing the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), it’s common to say that “remuneration” can be “anything of value.” That board definition has been called into question by…
Ophthalmology Practice Agrees to Pay Over $2.9 Million to Settle Kickback Allegations
From the Eastern District of Texas: Ophthalmology provider group, Arlington Ophthalmology Association, P.L.L.C. d/b/a Kleiman Evangelista Eye Centers (“K&E”), with offices located in Arlington, Dallas, Plano,…
Texas Company Agrees to Reimburse Medicare for Improper Billing Related to Neurostimulators
Spinal Decompression Clinic of Texas (“SDCT”) has agreed to pay $330,898.00 to resolve liability under the False Claims Act for the alleged improper billing of electro-acupuncture…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 8, 2026
Texas hospitals began losing $27 million a day in Medicaid funding on September 1 after CMS withheld approval of about $9.8 billion tied to the Comprehensive…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for September 1, 2026
The Justice Department’s National Fraud Enforcement Division named healthcare one of five enforcement priorities, singling out telemedicine, Medicare and Medicaid billing, controlled substance diversion, and home…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 18, 2026
A Houston-area pharmacist was convicted of conspiracy to pay health care kickbacks after paying more than $2 million for patient referrals Tronown Thomas owned and operated…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for August 11, 2026
False Claims Act settlements and judgments announced in the first half of 2026 total more than $1.8 billion The total includes two nine-figure Medicare Advantage resolutions…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for July 28, 2026
A Dallas clinical laboratory, its owners, and its investors agreed to pay $24 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it billed Medicare for medically…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for July 21, 2026
Laboratory Corporation of America will pay $14,500,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it billed Medicare Part B for medically unnecessary urine drug testing under…
Wade’s Health Law Highlights for July 14, 2026
Ruthia He, founder and former CEO of digital mental health company Done Global Inc., was sentenced to six years in prison and a $1 million fine…